Three Inmates Were
Executed in FY 2008-2009

• On June 30, 2009, there were 391 inmates on Florida’s death row.
  
  
• Florida administers execution by electric chair or lethal injection. Lethal injection became an option for death row inmates in FY 1999-00.
  
  
• The first inmate to die by lethal injection was Terry Sims on February 23, 2000.
  
  
• While tobacco was banned inside Florida prisons on January 1, 2000, death row inmates were exempted from this rule since they have no access to designated smoking areas.
  
  
• The executioner is an anonymous, private citizen who is paid $150 cash per execution.
  
  
• A death row cell is 6 X 9 X 9.5 feet high.
  
  
• Three death row inmates were executed in FY 2008-2009.
  
  

Death Row Population on June 30 Compared Over Five Years

Executions, Additions, and Removals from Death Row Compared Over Five Years